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December 9, 2025

Life is not a pendulum

We all have seen those old wall clocks with a pendulum swinging tirelessly from left to right. They were fascinating creations – steady, rhythmic, and always in motion. In a way, our lives today…
Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world’s 85 million Anglicans, speaks inside Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England.
December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | God chooses women ever so often

ARCHBISHOP SHANE Parker has presented a pastoral statement from the Primate and Metropolitans of the Anglican Church of Canada concerning the Anglican Communion, in response to primates of the Global…
Corporal Navado English.
December 9, 2025

Police Corporal killed in Linstead crash

A policeman attached to the St Catherine North division has succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicular crash along the Linstead Bypass in the parish on Wednesday night. He has been identified…
This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:40 a.m. EST on Tuesday, October 21, shows Tropical Storm Melissa in the Central Caribbean Sea.
December 9, 2025

Kristen Gyles | Don’t tempt Melissa

Why are so many residents of flood-prone communities so insistent that they will not leave their homes, even in the face of hurricanes and other life-threatening natural disasters? Despite providing…
Dantay Brooks (centre) stands with Hugh Wildman (right) and Shemar Bryan, his attorneys, after his release from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Kingston, on March 7, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Mavado's son Dantay again charged by police

Dantay Brooks, the son of dancehall superstar Mavado, has been charged with gun-related offences. He was charged yesterday with assault at common law, unlawful wounding, possession of a prohibited…
Crowds gather to listen to Senator Bernie Sanders, during a No Kings protest, Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Washington DC.
December 9, 2025

Peter Espeut | Those ‘No Kings’ marches

Last Saturday will probably go down as the largest day of peaceful protest in the 250-year history of the United States of America (USA). Organisers said nearly seven million people – much more than…
Tropical Storm Melissa's projected path.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica now under tropical storm warning and hurricane watch

The tropical storm watch which was in effect for Jamaica has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while a hurricane watch is now in effect as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Support services without access and participation are not enough

THE EDITOR, Madam: Many schools and community organisations claim to be inclusive by pointing to the existence of support services – whether for mental health, disabilities, or academic needs.…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Reaffirm order, responsibility, and respect for parliamentary process

THE EDITOR, Madam: The conduct displayed by the Leader of the Opposition during October 21 sitting of the House of Representatives represents a regrettable departure from the standards of dignity,…